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Despite the hard work required to pull off a spectacular, or at the very least convincing, performance, Rose shares that she has become close with her dancing partner as well as her dancing opponents.

“People don’t understand how much work goes into it,” said Rose. “You’re with your partner four to five hours a day. Then you get home, you’re on the phone with them, like, what you need to work on, what you need to do. Then you go to the ballroom and it’s all the other celebrities and other dancers - it really is like a family.”